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WATCH: The Hidden Cash scavenger hunt began in San Francisco – with someone leaving cash-stuffed envelopes around the city and tweeting clues about the location. Catherine Urqhart has details of the mad dash for cash that has now hit Vancouver.

An anonymous philanthropist is setting Vancouverites on a mad chase around the city for cash.

The man behind Twitter handle @HiddenCashYVR hides envelopes stuffed with a $100 bills at random locations around the city.

“I am copying him really. I think it is a wonderful thing he came up with,” says the Vancouver benefactor. “It is a nice way to give back. The city [has been] very good to me. What a great opportunity and way for me to be able to do it.”

The first clue on Vancouver’s Twitter account appeared online on Wednesday:

Other secret locations so far included the Bentall Tower in downtown Vancouver, a mailbox in Kitsilano and a bench overlooking the Brockton Point Lighthouse in Stanley Park.

The anonymous do-gooder says he chooses locations when wandering around. “It’s kind of hard to put it in a public place when there are a lot of people around, but when the opportunity presents itself it is very quick to stash an envelope, take a picture and Tweet it.”

He says he plans on giving out the cash for as long as possible.

“I can afford it. It makes a big difference to people. It is a lot fun. It is exciting. I will keep doing it for the foreseeable future when I am in town and when I am able to,” says the anonymous benefactor.

One of the rules of the hunt is to take a picture of the find and Tweet it back to @HiddenCashYVR.